I have an older Dell 4600 desktop, running W7 SP1. I use the paid version of Macrium Reflect, and have installed Macrium's WinPE add-on. I regularly take images, alternating between an internal HD, and an external LaCie HD.

What do I have to do so that I could boot from the LaCie if I needed to so that I could access the latest image if I had to?

Maybe this is part of the same question, but when I look at my bios I don't see any entry in the boot-order for what I assume would be for a usb device.

Bottom-line, I need all the help I can get in this area, which would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dick

2013-11-04, 14:58

ruirib

Is the external HD bootable? If you aren't cloning your disk, likely it is not.

It seems to me that the easy way to access the latest image would be to boot from the Macrium boot disk, which surely will find your external HD and will let you choose one image of those stored there.

I think RetiredGeek 'geeked' a way to have the external disk bootable, as well. I am sure he will chime in with the results of his experience.

I have an older Dell 4600 desktop, running W7 SP1. I use the paid version of Macrium Reflect, and have installed Macrium's WinPE add-on. I regularly take images, alternating between an internal HD, and an external LaCie HD.

What do I have to do so that I could boot from the LaCie if I needed to so that I could access the latest image if I had to?

Maybe this is part of the same question, but when I look at my bios I don't see any entry in the boot-order for what I assume would be for a usb device.

Bottom-line, I need all the help I can get in this area, which would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dick

Sometimes, we're stuck....with what a motherboard was designed and built to do. Some will boot from a USB device and Some Won't.
If not, there's not a heck of a lot you can do about it, except get a different computer. Preferably, NOT a Dell.

Good LUCK!
:cool:

2013-11-04, 23:14

F.U.N. downtown

I think RG found out and posted somewhere as well that the USB boot partition for use with Win 8 must be FAT 32 and no greater than 4 Gigs; that NTFS format did not work, so adhere strictly to the first part of number 3 and you should be fine for any Windows OS.

2013-11-05, 08:16

Dick-Y

RG's "Geeked-it" post worked for me, with one change necessary on my part. I have Macrium, the paid version, and that probably has no bearing on the following. When I set my external drive partition as Fat32, Macrium didn't like that, so I changed it to NTFS and all went well thereafter.

Thanks to RG especially, and all others who responded. I'm all set now.

Dick

PS,
To forestall the suggestion . . . I tested what I set up, and it worked.

2013-11-05, 09:13

ruirib

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dick-Y

PS,
To forestall the suggestion . . . I tested what I set up, and it worked.